Shovel handle



Jan. 8, I

.v v. S.' YARNALL sHovEL HANDLE Filed June 15, 1927 Patented Jan. .8,1929.

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VERE S.'Y.A.RNALL, OF BROCK'ION, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR SHOV EL' & TOOLCOMIANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPQBATTON OF NEW JERSEY.

SHOVEL HANDLE.

Application filed June 13, 1927. Serial no. 198,350.

This invention relates to handles for shovels, spades or similarimplements and more particularly to improvements in pressec steelshovelhandles of the D type.

The principal objects of the invention include the providing of a shovelhandle which willbe convenient to grasp and durable in use and whichcomprises a wooden grip and metal side arms which may be easily andeconomically manufactured from a sin le piece of sheet steel; theprovision of means, including metal caps or shells, for joining thewooden grip to the side arms, which are so constructed and arranged thatthe parts'may be readily and firmly fitted reside in the particularconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described andpOllltGtl out in the appended claims.

A recommended embodlment ofthei 1nvention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which: 1

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a shovel handle constructed in accordancewith, the

invention; 1

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof;

Fig. 3 is a detail view showing one of the metal caps in side elevation;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the metal blank from which the body portion ofthe handle is formed; and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged section on the line 55 of Fig. 1. I

The body portion of the handle is preferably formed from a blank ofsheet steel stamped in the form of 'Fig. 4: to provide arm portions 6and socket portions 7 The side margins of the respective arm portionsare folded over fiatwise upon the central portion thereof, so that whenthe side arms 8 of the handle are molded to proper shape the edges ofsaid marginal portions abut upon the outside of the handle, as shown at9 in Fig. 2. Socket-portions 7 are bentdownwardly and curved around theend of the wooden shank 10 to which they may be secured by suitablerivets 11, with their side edges approximately in abutting relation.

The'ends of the blank portions 6' are preferably cut as shown'in Fig. 4,so that.

when the margins are folded over, the top of the arms 'wlll besubstantially semi-cire cular, as represented by the central arc 12.-v

For reasons which will become apparent, the sides of these semi-circulartop portions are cut away slightly before the handle elements areassembled, so that top of the Side arms take substantially the formillustrated in Figs. 2 and 5, where the formation of pronounced,preferably taperlng, shoulders, 18 is clearly indicated. H

Inserted between the spaced; upper ends of the side arms 8 is a woodengrip, bar 14 of usualshape and having end portions of reduced diameter,as at 15, each of which is received within the ferrule "portion 16 of ametal cap or cup-shaped shell 17. caps are substantially cylindrical,have a flat closed outer end and are slotted at the bottom to provideapertures 18 within which the ends of the arms 8 are received. The

caps thus surround the arm tops and the These grip ends, protecting-theparts and .pro-

viding a smooth outer surface at the'corners of the handle. 7 i I t a inposition by a through rivet 19 which is preferably pro- The grip isrigidly fastened vided at each end with diametrically opposed fins 20.An orificefor the rivet and suitable keyways for-the fins 20 maybe cutin the folded arm tops in the same operation which stamps out theshoulders 13, and similar apertures may be provided the outer ends ofthe caps. The wooden grip is thus prevented from rotating in the capsand the latter are rigidly mounted upon the arms 8, for the shoulders 13afford close contact with the ends of the slot 18. It will be observedby reference to Fig. 5 that, owing to the configuration of the top endsof the arms and the disposition of the apertures 18, there is 1 thedimension of the curve 12 of the blank is therefore unnecessary and anyirregularities of structure of the folded arm top or of the internaldiameter of the cap will not interfere with a close and firm engagementat the points 13. Furthermoraa downward thrust upon the grip of theshovel is borne princi-- bled; and the completed article provides a,

v particular purposes and that this inventionbHIdIISQTtGClibl-itWQGItthe. ends of the side" pally 1113011 the shoulders '13"-Where the foldof the'metal providesgreatest strength.

A shovel handle constructed as above described may be quickly andconveniently madeby suitable machinery with little loss of material; theparts may be easily assemhandle which is extremely rigid and durable inuse and agreeable to the -g rasp of theusers hand. It Will beunderstood. however, that details of structure may be varied formetalstrip having ritsside mar ins folded foldededges and each caphavinganaperture forreceiving the end of the correspond ing arm-so thatthe--cap engages the arm shoulders-atthe ends of said aperture.

2.7Asheetmetal shovel handlecomprising a body portion formed. of asingle metal sheet and including a socket-portion adapted to receive theshank of the shovel and spaced side armshaving? shoulders spaced fromtheir respective upper ends, a wooden grip arm s metal caps each havinga ferrule per-v tion fittingw over each end of 'the grip bar and havinga bottom apertureadapted 'to receive the ends of the side arms, each capengaging the shoulders of the corresponding arm at the ends of theaperture, and means for connecting the caps to the bar.

3. YA sheet metal, shovel handle comprising a body portion'formed of asingle metal sheetand including a socket portion adapted to receive theshank of the shovel and spaced side armsvlraving: shoulders spaced fromthelr respective upper ends, a wooden grip bar inserted between the endsof the side arms, metal ca-ps each-having a ferrule portion-fitting overone end of the grip bar, and

I having a bottom aperture adapted to receive the ends of one ofthe'side arms, each cap engaging the shoulders of the correspondingarmzatitlre ends-of'theaperture, and a rivet I passingthrough-said caps,arms and grip for securing'the parts together, the rivet havingprojecting fins and theoaps and arm ends having 'keyways for said finsfor pre venting rotation oi the grip.

4. A sheet metal shovel handle'jcomprising a body portion includingspaced side arms, each armhaving a rounded topand a pair of opposed edgeshoulders atthe' bottom of the rounded portion, a grip barbetween thesaid arm tops, a pairof metal caps each: hav

ing a ferrule portion fittingover the" end of the grip'bar and having abottom aperture adapted to receive the tops ofthe side arms,

each" arm top' fitting'within and being covered by'one of the caps withits extreme upper end spaced from the 1111161 surface of the said capand itsshoulders engaging the cap at'the'ends ofthe said aperture, andmeans for connecting the caps to the arms and grip bar; I V

S1gned by me at Boston, Massachusetts,

this 10th day of June, 1927.

VERE S. YARNALIJ.

